New Delhi prepares for fourth annual Pride event

The Indian capital city is preparing for its fourth Pride parade this weekend, the third after decriminalising homosexuality in 2009.

Mohnish Malhotra of ‘Queer Delhi’, one of the organisers, told IANS: “We don’t take any sponsorships and like every year, money has been raised through a fundraising party that was held earlier this month.”

The women, named as Savita, 25, and Veena, 20, from Manesar, near New Delhi, married and went to a court to ask for protection. They were reportedly granted a safe house and full-time police protection.